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Very good advice. We've had a problem with even legal EBRs here, as most cops don't know which are legal and which are not. If you have the bad luck to be observed by one who doesn't really know, and it turns out your particular gun is one of the banned ones, you are in a heap of trouble, no more guns forever. They'll hop on you like a hobo on a ham sandwich over stuff like this.

Check it out on Calguns.net, just to make absolutely, positively certain you are in the clear. Take no chances with this.

I would postpone buying one, if that is one of the choices until you get here. Then buy one here, build it up yourself. It's so easy even a lawyer can do it, and one of the most thrilling things that can happen is taking your homemade rifle to the range and have it go "Bang!" the first time. You may have to get the taxidermist to wipe the silly grin off your face, but hey, it's all in good fun, right?

olafpfj wrote:
You never said where in Kalifornia you're moving to. Its a big state after all and attitudes vary wildly depending on where you are. I lived there for 35 years until I moved here. 34 in the Los Angeles area and 1 up in the Bay area. Those two cities are vastly different in terms of attitude of the populace. LEO attitude is about the same though. Rural central California is fairly firearm friendly with many counties practically shall issue.

For all the stupid laws there are a lot of grandfathered "assault rifles" and over 10 round magazines. No one asks any questions at the ranges I've been to.

The urban areas, SF, LA, OC and SD are where most of the people and most of the weirdness is. The "cow counties" to the east are closer to what some of us regard as normal. In a number of those counties, the Sheriff is all but shall issue. Trouble is, nobody lives out there.

As far as the assault rifle nuttiness, it may be true that no one asks questions at a range, for the most part, all it takes is for one to be asked at an inopportune time and it's no more guns forever. Besides all you have to do is equip your evil black rifle with a magazine lock, so that it requires a tool to detach the magazine and you are good to go. It's absolutely silly, but what here isn't, really? I am planning to de-neuter mine when I move to Texas. All it will take is replacing the special magazine locks with standard parts. The ten round magazine thing is serious, too. They will attract attention, and here again, if the wrong person asks and you don't have the right answers, no more guns forever!

One thing I would do is buy up as many handguns not on the DOJ approved list as you can afford. Such popular guns as the HK45 and 45C cannot be sold at retail in California although LEOs can buy them. If the LEO sells his to a civilian, it is legal to own although it cannot be listed on one's concealed permits, or carried, the few of us who have them. A resident of another state who acquires such a gun out of state then moves here can still bring it in and own it, or sell it etc. You could sell those guns for a premium once you are a resident here. I bought an HK45 from a LEO awhile back, loved the pistol, but decided when I made the decision to move back to Texas not to take a now legal to own gun in California out. I put it for sale on CalGuns and set off a bidding war within 4 hours!

Remember the idiotic transfer rules here too. All transfers have to be through an FFL; there is a ten day wait. You meet your buyer at the FFL, do all the paperwork, get the money, the FFL keeps the gun, then assuming the buyer is approved, he can pick it up after ten days. The ten days means ten days from the time the transfer is logged into the DOJ system, not less than ten days, to the minute! Also, the buyer has to have a handgun safety certification within the last 5 years.

Sorry to hear about you move. Enjoy the weather! Women tend to show quite a bit more skin here typically than in other places, so you have that to take your mind off your other troubles.